kismet

KISMET: destiny, fate.

ANTONYMS: whole. SYNONYMS: karma, chance.

EXAMPLE: The kismet is isin the viewers hands.

ambivalent

AMBIVILANT: having mixed feelings or ideas about something or someone.

ANTONYMS: certain, clear. SYNONYMS: mixed unsure.

EXAMPLE: The boy was ambivilant about what ice cream he was going to eat at lunch on Tuesday.

 

INADVERTENT

INADVERTENT: not resulting or achieved through deliberate planning.

ANTONYMS: careful, cautious. SYNONYMS: careless, reckless.

EXAMPLE: Mr. Smith inadvertently slipped on a banana peel this afternoon after lunch.

wanton

WANTON: deliberate or unprovoked.

ANTONYMS: good, moral. SYNONYM: outrageous, shameless.

EXAMPLE: He wantonly yelled at the other man for talking back.

carrion

CARRION: The decaying of flesh from a dead animal.

ANTONYM: alive, moving. SYNONYM: remains, corpse.

EXAMPLE: The carrion was in the middle of the field yesterday afternoon.

pedestrian

PEDESTRIAN: A person walking along a road or in a developed area.

ANTONYMS: unusual, uncommon. SYNONYMS: boring, flat.

EXAMPLE: The pedestrians were walking on the road on their way to the theater last week.

writhe

WRITHE: make continual twisting, squirming, movements or contortions of the body.

ANTONYMS: straighten, be still. SYNONYMS: wiggle, bend.

EXAMPLE: The wires writhed when Sally was trying to move them in her class yesterday.